# Stupid Republican idea of the day **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 26, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897 "2009-03-26T18:48:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1556
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31102 "2016-09-09T23:17:39Z")
> [@TheStake](#): > > I think both sides do it. Two party system sort of sucks. No, Democrats don’t sink that low. I think you’re a Republican that is scared that Dems have taken over the moral highroad not only for real, but in the fevered minds of many Republicans themselves > [@TheStake](#): > > You are just saying it is ok, because he sucks. _I_ am saying its ok because its objectively true. Donald Drumpf’s real family name before it was changed is Drumpf, something he attacked Jon Stewart about. He has filed for bankruptcy multiple times. He’s had multiple wives. He’s lies sooooo many times about sooooo many things. He’s filed or has been a part of thousands of lawsuits. He has promised to pay people and later reneged, forcing his creditors to sue him and where he settled for less than they are owed. To start off his campaign, he’s widely been quoted to claim that Mexicans are rapists and criminals, he’s said he wanted to ban Muslims, he’s encouraged violence at his rallies, name called like a child, and talked about his penis size by alluding to his hands. These are all facts. Objective truths. Easily searchable, and NOT taken out of context. Yet you sit there and pretend like both sides do it? Fuck that shit, we don’t object to that lie because we’re liberals here, we object to it because its not true and you should know better. Trump and the GOP are objectively worse in this election. I personally think that people who support them mostly fall into the category of racists, religious bigots, charlatans, sexists, or other damaged and incredibly hateful group of people. > [@TheStake](#): > > I don’t think the mud slinging is necessary at all, it should be about policy and ideas for the future. These are two of the lowest (in popularity) candidates in a long time. To say that only Republicans are slinging is just unrealistic. The mudslinging is not necessary from the Republican side. They spent millions of dollars to admittedly reduce Clinton’s support through a bogus investigation of Benghazi that wasted the American taxpayer’s time and money. They investigated her emails even when there was no crime committed, which is why the Republican director of the FBI James Comey did not press any charges. Hillary Clinton is clean, she doesn’t commit crimes, she doesn’t really lie to the American people (as reported by [politico.com](http://politico.com), who ranked all the candidates by their truthfulness. Clinton was the most truthful, Trump was the least, with more than half of his statements being absolute fucking lies) The reason Clinton’s popularity is low is due to 25 years of Republican mudslinging, from her baking cookies comment, to her refusal to leave Bill so the GOP can’t use that against him, to her ambitions which is dangerously uncouth for _a woman!_ in their religiously backwards, tiny little lizard brains. So yes, there has been too much mudslinging in this election, but it comes mainly from the Republican side. This is why Clinton ads mostly just have Trump talking, because he says the shit that you say you’re against. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31103 "2016-09-09T23:20:35Z")
> [@YogSothoth](#): > > …just have Trump talking, because he says the shit that you say you’re against. Sure, but then he says the exact opposite, so it evens out! ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31104 "2016-09-09T23:22:42Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Sure, but then he says the exact opposite, so it evens out! He’s like a splotchy, orange Rorschach that you can see whatever political belief you want ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31105 "2016-09-09T23:59:42Z")
Damn, the man cheated on each of his first two wives with the woman who became his next wife. That alone would likely have ended any bid by your standard “Conservative”. But they’ll forgive him anything because somewhere in the muddled bullshit that comes out of his mouth are at least a few words about what they support, even if he directly contradicts himself in the next sentence. Because he isn’t Hillary Clinton, who their talking heads have spent 25 years teaching them is the ENEMY OF ALL LIFE. ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31106 "2016-09-10T00:04:19Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Damn, the man cheated on each of his first two wives with the woman who became his next wife. That alone would likely have ended any bid by your standard “Conservative”. It’s OK though, “When I go to church and when I drink my little wine and have my little cracker, I guess that is a form of forgiveness.” ---
**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31107 "2016-09-10T00:06:01Z")
> [@TheStake](#): > > 1. 68 percent say Clinton isn’t honest and trustworthy > > That’s according to the CNN poll, and it’s her worst number on-record. It’s also up from 65 percent earlier this month and 59 percent in May. The 30 percent who see Clinton as honest and trustworthy is now well shy of the number who say the same of Trump: 43 percent. > > You heard that right: Trump — he of the many, many Pinocchios — now has a large lead on Clinton when it comes to honesty and trustworthiness. > > The CBS poll, for what it’s worth, has a similar number saying Clinton is dishonest: 67 percent. > > That is the Washington post. If those numbers are are correct of how people see her, then calling her a liar would seem to resonate with the people. If the people see Trump as a dumb fuck white racist, and someone said that, it would resonate with the people. > > I am saying that all the bull shit name calling is stupid as fuck. From BOTH sides. > > ALSO, Sorry I copy and pasted that, I don’t know how to add cites here yet… This even being posted betrays a truism that one does not vote on the facts. Americans are dumb: Only [40% of them believe in Evolution](http://www.gallup.com/poll/114544/darwin-birthday-believe-evolution.aspx), more than [half of Americans](http://kitchenette.jezebel.com/u-of-chicago-study-confirms-americans-believe-in-real-1550041936) agreed or weren’t sure that the government “still want to vaccinate children even though they know these vaccines cause autism and other psychological disorders,” and Republicans are even worse as a majority of them [reject climate change](http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2015/PPP_Release_National_22415.pdf), nearly 60% of Iowa Republicans don’t know where [Obama was born](http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/iowa-poll/caucus/2015/08/31/iowa-poll-many-republicans-still-believe-barack-obama-not-born-us/71455818/), and the list goes on. Is it your contention that because a poll says Obama is a Muslim that makes him one? You think we can poll away climate change? The facts show that Hillary is a lot more trustworthy than Trump is and once more with feeling: We don’t vote on them. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31108 "2016-09-10T00:07:19Z")
> [@](#): > > It’s OK though, “When I go to church and when I drink my little wine and have my little cracker, I guess that is a form of forgiveness.” That church he was just in with Carson may be the only church he’s been in since forever! Its awkward when the bird bath full of Holy Water catches fire. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31109 "2016-09-10T00:07:56Z")
> [@MacCat](#): > > It’s OK though, “When I go to church and when I drink my little wine and have my little cracker, I guess that is a form of forgiveness.” Except that he is very clearly NOT a Christian. He straight out told the evangelicals that he has never asked God for forgiveness because he doesn’t believe he’s ever done anything requiring that forgiveness. THAT is pure raging narcissism. Frankly, that was the last straw for my 78 and 80 year old very Christian parents. They refuse to vote for him and probably won’t vote at all this fall for the first time in their lives. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31110 "2016-09-10T00:53:48Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > That church he was just in with Carson may be the only church he’s been in since forever! Was that the one where he tried to put money in the communion plate? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31111 "2016-09-10T01:15:11Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Was that the one where he tried to put money in the communion plate? He put money _in_? ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31112 "2016-09-10T01:43:18Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > He put money _in_? I didn’t see the video, so I don’t know if he tried the old tape-on-the-fingers trick. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31113 "2016-09-10T01:52:17Z")
It would have been fishing line, and roll paste on the bill itself so that it would not come back all lonely. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31114 "2016-09-10T02:06:06Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > It would have been fishing line, and roll paste on the bill itself so that it would not come back all lonely. If there’s a video of this trick, I’ll have to go back to church! Nah, my skin burns just typing that. But it surprises me. If Trump truly was any good at business, why doesn’t he own/build churches and just sell them to the thumpers? ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31115 "2016-09-10T02:38:49Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > He put money _in_? He didn’t know the cracker was free… ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31116 "2016-09-10T03:13:51Z")
[Louie Gohmert says Hillary Clinton is mentally impaired.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/louie-gohmert-hillary-clinton_us_57d2cc22e4b03d2d4599fc74?section=) ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31117 "2016-09-10T03:16:56Z")
[Trump did an interview on state sponsored Russian TV](http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/08/politics/russia-television-donald-trump-interview/) > [@](#): > > Donald Trump gave an interview Thursday that aired on a television station funded by the Kremlin, arguing that the Russian government was “probably” not meddling in the American presidential race. > > Speaking to Larry King on RT America, which is an arm of government-funded news outlet Russia Today, Trump said it would “not be appropriate” if Russian forces were looking to influence the race, which is suspected by some investigators and has been fanned by Hillary Clinton’s campaign as recently as Thursday morning. The interviewer was Larry King. Either Trump was happy to be on Russian TV or he was unaware Larry King worked for the Russians. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31118 "2016-09-10T03:26:01Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > [Trump did an interview on state sponsored Russian TV](http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/08/politics/russia-television-donald-trump-interview/) > > The interviewer was Larry King. Either Trump was happy to be on Russian TV or he was unaware Larry King worked for the Russians. Yeah, because the “RT” logo on King’s mic didn’t give it away. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31119 "2016-09-10T04:11:56Z")
I thought Larry King was retired? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31120 "2016-09-10T04:15:42Z")
He passed away about six months ago, but refuses to retire. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31121 "2016-09-10T06:37:12Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Yeah, because the “RT” logo on King’s mic didn’t give it away. Rachel Maddow said it could have stood for Republican Television or Rabbit Television … Nope, no one pulls the wool over the eyes of good old Donald. Someone should remove a manhole cover from where he is walking. Solve the country’s problems toot sweet. Especially if you don’t let him back out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1555) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1557)